Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Plans InterAct Appreciation Day
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotarians bid a fond farewell to February, 2016 on Leap Day, February29, the likes of which will not be seen again for four years (In a less-contentious election year, let us hope). President Tom Collins urged members to make their opinions known on a pending agreement between the Sierra Club and AEP (American Electrical Power) which will come before...
Depression Lecture at NEOMED’s Mini Med School Seminar
Rootstown - Joel Mowrey, PhD, executive director of the Mental Health & Recovery Board of Portage County, was guest lecturer for the February Mini-Medical School session at NEOMED. Dr. Mowrey discussed the blues and depression. “Everyone feels sad and low every once in a while, but these feelings usually pass in a few days,” Mowrey said. “Many of these ‘blue’...
Model Employee Retires in Hiram Township
Hiram Twp. - At the end of February, the Hiram Township Road Services Department bid farewell to Don Bello, upon his retirement after 14 years of service. According to Road Supervisor Tom Matota, Bello joined the Township’s Road Services team after having retired from a similar role with the Portage County Engineers Office. When he joined the township, he...
Windham Historical Society Elects Officers
Windham - The Windham Historical Society met in January at the Brick Chapel in Windham, to elect new officers for the 2016 year. The society has been in existence as a non-profit organization since its founding in 2002. We have many new plans for the upcoming year. All are welcome to be a part of our group that researches,...
Mental Health Board Launches Online Mental Health Screening
Portage County - How are you feeling? The Mental Health & Recovery Board of Portage County launched an online mental health screening tool to their website. The screening is completely anonymous and confidential. A person’s results appear immediately following the brief questionnaire, along with recommendations and local resources. Brief screenings are the quickest way to determine if a person should...
Progress At Mantua Center School
Mantua - “There is much community energy. We have a need for a community center like this, to let people know what is available, and a connection to it. Here is a place, a location where people can come in, find support for families, drug problems, a place for the Hiram College business incubator program, a space that could...
Garrettsville Police Receive Grant
Garrettsville - The Garrettsville Police Department is pleased to announce that it has been selected to receive funding in the amount of $6,174.90 through the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS) and the Federal 2015 Justice Assistance Grant for Law Enforcement (JAG-LE) Program. The funding will be used to purchase a new audio/video recording system to be installed in...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club met on February 22, 2016 at Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville, spending the time covering a myriad of topics, to wit: Winners of the Fit-n-Fun competition have finally received their prizes, as Superintendent Ted Lysiak took them to choose their very own bicycles; there are pictures. The roadside clean-up event is searching for a date. High school activities...
Hiram Police Department Receives Grant
Hiram - The Hiram Police Department is pleased to announce the acquisition and approval of the Ohio Criminal Justice Services, Justice Assistance Services Law Enforcement grant. The grant will fund the acquisition of one in-car dash mounted video recorder unit for one of Hiram Police Department patrol vehicles. The total project is budgeted at $3,395. The approval of this...
Mantua Township News
Mantua Twp. - At a recent Trustee meeting, Bill Steiner, Portage County Recycling Director announced that single-stream recycling will come to Portage County in mid February. From February 15th through February 19th, drivers delivered 95 gallon, wheeled recycling carts. These new carts will replace small bins, and can be filled with unsorted recyclable materials including paper, cardboard and plastics...
Geauga County welcomes 6th Barn Quilt with Geauga Park District Addition
The Geauga County Barn Quilt Trail began in 2015. Nationally, barn quilt trails are located in 48 states, and 38 counties in Ohio. Their purpose is to promote the historic beauty and cultural significance of quilt making through the exhibition of hand painted historically accurate quilt squares affixed to barns and buildings. It’s an agricultural and tourism project designed...
Hiram Township News
Hiram Twp. - At a recent trustee meeting, it was noted that Hiram Fire Department has received a $2,500 donation from America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund and directed by Trustee Jack Groselle. The donation will provide funds to purchase protective equipment for firefighters. “As a past Hiram firefighter, Hiram Township resident and farmer, I selected...
Mantua Village Garden Club Plans Guided Tour
Mantua - The Mantua Village Garden Club, which was organized in March of 1930, will kick off its first meeting for 2016 at the home of Lea Lazar, on Monday March 7th. This meeting will begin with a light lunch, and focus on discussion of the business goals, & programs for the upcoming year. This year the meetings are...
5th and 6th Graders Participate in Math Tournament
Garrettsville - On Saturday, February 20, eight teams of fifth and sixth graders from J.A.Garfield Elementary worked diligently on challenging math problems prepared by the Greater Cleveland Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Over 1,200 students in Northeast Ohio participated in the event. Garfield Elementary was one of fourteen sites that hosted the competition. Students worked in groups solving rigorous...
Burton Public Library Chess Tournament Results
The Burton Public Library Chess tournament (K - 8th) was resurrected this year by Dr. Ed Martin of St. Helen’s with assistance from long-term chess leader Jim Wohlken. There were eighteen participants. Winners were Isaac Burden - 1st Place - from Bethel Baptist School; Zachary Berman - 2nd Place - from St. Helen Catholic School; Alex Mulacek - 3rd...
Coats for Catholic Charities
On February 15, 2016, the Portage County Chapter of the Knights of Columbus presented Catholic Charities Director George Garchar with 60 coats for children in need. The Knights of Columbus Coats for Kids program was started in 2009 to keep kids warm in harsh winter climates. Representing the Knights were Mike Rogers of Randolph Council #2039, Dave Bender of...
New Owner Revitalizing Windham Supermarket
Windham - It’s a new day at Windham’s grocery store. It’s got a new name, a new owner and a new future, but it’s here to stay for the sake of the community. So says Ali Salama, independent owner of Windham Supermarket at 9670 East Center Street. Salama is in the process of purchasing the former Windham Sparkle Market from...
Crestwood Primary School Became Candy Factory
Mantua - Crestwood Primary School was transformed into Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory last week, as students celebrated the completion of their annual One Book, One School program. The transformation, based on the 1964 book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, was the culmination of several weeks of study, where teachers and students read the book aloud and...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The February 1, 2016 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club was the designated business meeting for the month and they got down to it with a will. • Treasurer Amy Crawford reported that checks supporting Power of the Pen and the Rotary Foundation had gone out and some dues had come in. ClubRunner is simplifying the process. • The centennial of...
Crestwood Students Show They Care
Mantua - Three big-hearted fourth-graders at Crestwood Intermediate School have once again gone beyond, personifying their school’s motto, ‘Crestwood Cares.’ For the second year in a row, Lilly, Aspen, and Emmy have decided to take up the cause and become Change Bandits to raise much needed funds for children being treated at Akron Children’s Hospital. Last year, they set...
You’ll Never Know What You Will Find At Wayside Workshop
Aurora - If you haven’t visited The Wayside Workshop in Aurora, you don’t know what you are missing. What started out over 40 years ago as an unfinished furniture store has grown to be so much more! In addition to unfinished furniture, The Wayside Workshop has become the area’s premier destination for quality real wood furniture and home décor. The...
20th Century Club News
Twentieth Century Club meeting on Park Ave., Garrettsville? “Y” not? The ladies assembled on February 2nd at the repurposed school building (Garrettsville School, James A. Garfield Junior High/Elementary, James A. Garfield Middle School, James A. Garfield Intermediate School) to conduct their usual meeting and to be apprised of the current operation of the facility under the auspices of the...
Windham Historical Society News
Windham - This month’s meeting will be held on Monday, February 15th at 7 P.M. at the Brick Chapel, 9001 N. Main St., Windham, Ohio. Doors will open at 6:30 for “meet & greet.” The society is now under new leadership and we are planning some exciting new things for the year. Following the business meeting we will have...
Voters & Candidates: Face2Face
Kent - You can look the county candidates in the eye and ask your questions at the Face2Face Candidate Forum scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 13, in Kent. An added bonus—voters will be able to take the new voting machines for a test drive. The forum is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Kent, the League of Women Voters of...
Garrettsville Village Council and State of the Village
Garrettsville - It was a short agenda for the first meeting of 2016 for Garrettsville’s village council. The mayor, new council member Debbie Wordell, re-elected council member Jeff Kaiser and village clerk Nancy Baldwin had all been sworn in to office before Christmas at a joint swear-in ceremony officiated by Congressman Dave Joyce held in Koritansky Hall at Hiram...
Rotary Explores Bee Keeping, Headwaters Trail & More
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotarians opened their meeting on January 18, 2016 with Happy Dollars celebrating outstanding scholastic achievement, a 15-year anniversary, good business news, safe family, gifts and general, all-around good life—a nice start for any day. Speaker for the day was Ralph Price, pastor of the Streetsboro Church of Christ, who spoke of one of the more fascinating aspects of Creation,...
Geauga County Retired Teachers Association News
GCRTA will be hosting the first 2016 business meeting and luncheon on Tuesday February 2nd at Punderson Manor State Park and Conference Center located on Route 87 in Newbury Township (west of Route 44). Guests are asked to gather at 11:15, a business meeting will commence at 11:30, followed by the luncheon at 12:00. After the meal, State of...
Mantua Village Council News
Mantua - Mayor Linda Clark reported that she received letters of interest for the Village’s Planning Committee and Landmark Board. She recommended that Council appoint Robert Gaglione to Planning and Terry Vechery to the Landmark Commission. Both candidates were approved by Council and sworn in by Mayor Clark that evening. In addition, Mayor Clark shared two special event forms...
Portage Park District Hosts Headwaters Trail Improvement Meeting
Ravenna - The Portage Park District is seeking public input regarding improvements to the Headwaters Trail, an 8-mile multipurpose trail from Garrettsville to Mantua. A public meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 26th, 7:00 pm at the James A. Garfield Elementary School, located at10207 ST RT 88 in Garrettsville. The Park District intends to request grant funding to improve...
“John Lennon and Me” A Must See
Garrettsville - Garrettsville’s Curtains Up Theatre production of “John Lennon and Me” is, well, awesome! Based on Cherie Bennett’s popular book, Good-bye, Best Friend, this uproarious play about life, death, power and first boyfriends was adapted by the author for the stage. This group of performers will have you laughing, crying, and feeling their emotional journey as they struggle...
